Cuff-holder.



No. 717,919. PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.

1 H. s. POND.

01111" HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1902.

.NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEFicE.

HARRY SAYLES POND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,919, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed March 25, 1902. Serial No. 99,957. No model.)

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY SAYLEs POND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, Cook county, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Cuff-Holder, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cud-holders, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple and durable in construction and efficient in its operation.

A further object is to enable the cuff being pushed back and held adjusted to expose any desired amount of cuff below the coat sleeve.

Novel details in the construction and arrangement of the several partsof myinvention will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter and the appended claim when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure l is a plan view of a cuff and a portion of a sleeve, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan of the holder removed from the cuff and sleeve. Fig. 3 is ,a side elevation of the same. Eig. 4 is a crosssection on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 indicates a bar, one end of which is bent backward to form a loop 6. A portion 7 extends from the loop for a short distance parallel to and spaced from the bar 5, and at an angle thereto is formed into another loop 8, havinga narrow or restricted opening 9. By means of the loop 8 the device is secured to the button on the wristband of the shirt-sleeve. The narrow opening 9 is sprung open, and the shank of the button is passed therethrough into the loop 8, where it is securely held, the head of the button being wider than the loop and the opening 9 closing again after the shank has passed into the loop.

The means for securing the device to the cufi comprises two buttons 10, joined and spaced apart by a cross-bar 11. The buttons are preferably lever-tops; but any other kindof a button or devices may be used for securing the cross-bar ll to the end. The said cross-bar is secured to a box or casing 12, slidingly mounted on the bar 5,the same passing through the top and bottom of the box or casing. A friction-spring 13 Within the box, between the back thereof and the bar 5, tends to hold the said box in any position on the bar to which it may be adjusted. A head or button 14: at the end of the bar 5 acts as astop to prevent the said box sliding off the same. The loop 8, being spaced from the bar 5, allows the box 12 to slide over and beyond it, whereby the entire holder may be concealed under the end, giving a neater and more dressy appear-ance to the wearer. The end may also be pushed up the coat-sleeve, where it will be protected from being soiled when the wearer wishes to wash his hands or engage in work that is liable to soil the cuff. This can be done without removing the coat or interfering with the coat-sleeve.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new,and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A cuff-holder comprising a bar, a casing slidingly mounted thereon, a friction-spring interposed between said bar and easing, cuffattaching means secured to said casing, a return-bend formed at one end of the bar, and a loop formed thereon at an angle to the bar and spaced therefrom for attachment to a sleeve, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY SAYLES POND. 

